Create institution lists on Handshake to efficiently manage your institution connections, discover new institutions to connect with, and enhance your institution engagement strategy.
Learn more about Institution Network Management: Requesting, Adding, and Removing Institutions.
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You can create institution lists on various tabs of the Institutions page.
Institution Lists (tab)
1. Click Institutions from the left navigation bar. The page will load with the Institution Lists tab selected by default, showing all institution lists created by you and your teammates.
2. Click the plus (+) icon to create a new institution list.
3. In the pop-up modal, enter the name of the new institution list in the Name field, then choose the institutions you want to add to the list from the dropdown.
4. When finished, click the green button Create.
Your Employer's Institutions (tab)
All institutions that have approved your company will be listed. Use the filters on the left side of the page to refine your search.
1. Check the box next to each desired institution, click More from the header bar, then select New List from selected.
2. In the pop-up modal, enter the name of the new institution list in the Name field, then choose the institutions you want to add to the list from the dropdown.
3. When finished, click the green button Create.
Institution Explorer (tab)
The Institution Explorer module enables Premium partners to more efficiently partner with institutions based on growth needs.
Use the filters on the left side of the page to find institutions with students who meet their criteria.
Tip: apply the filter Exclude institutions you’re not approved at above the table to view only approved institutions.
Check the box next to each desired institution name, then click Add to List from the header bar.
Delete and manage lists
On the Institution Lists tab, click the list that needs to be managed or deleted, then click the three hashmarks to the right of the grey button Start Segment to Delete or Rename the list.
- Institutions in your Favourites list can only be removed individually, and the list cannot be renamed or deleted.
When deleting an institution list, confirm the action in the pop-up modal, then click the green button Delete.
When renaming an institution list, enter the name new in the Name field, then click the green button Save.
Employers can easily use their institution lists in their jobs, events, and segments as preferred.
Add an institution list to a job
New job
1. In the Choose institutions section of the job form, you can either post the job to the full network, which includes all institutions in your institution lists, or select specific institutions to post the job to.
- To post the job only to institutions in your institution lists, choose Post to specific institutions.
2. Click the white button Lists to select the institution lists you want to post your job to, then choose the desired lists.
3. Institutions in the institution list(s) selected will appear below the Search by institution name or location field.
- To remove a single institution from the institution list selected, click the X to the right of the institution name.
- To remove all institutions from the institution list, click the X to the right of the institution list name.
4. After selecting the institution list(s), click the button Continue in the lower-left corner of the page and complete the job posting.
Existing job
1. Click Jobs from the left navigation bar, select the relevant job, then click the Institutions tab.
2. On the Institutions tab, navigate to the Post to more institutions section, then click the white button Lists.
3. Select the preferred institution list(s).
4. Institutions in the institution list(s) selected will appear below the Search by institution name or location field.
- To remove a single institution from the institution list selected, click the X to the right of the institution name.
- To remove all institutions from the institution list click the X to the right of the institution list name.
5. Once the institution list(s) is selected, click the blue button Post in the upper-right corner of the page.
6. The message "Jobs sent to institutions. Your Requested institutions list will update shortly" will display in a green banner at the top of the page, and institutions will display in the institutions table in the Requested institutions section.
Add an institution list to an event
1. On the new event form, click the hyperlinked text Add Institution List below the field Invite institutions to promote your event, then select the preferred institution list(s).
Note: institution lists can only be added to events hosted off-campus or virtually.
2. Institutions in the institution list(s) selected will automatically appear in the field.
3. Edit the remaining details, then click the blue button Save in the lower-right corner of the page to create your event.
Add an institution list to a segment
1. On the Segments page, locate the segment to which you want to add an institution list, then click the pencil icon.
- To add an institution list to a new segment, click the black button Create segment in the upper right corner. Learn more about How to Build a Segment.
2. Click the hyperlinked text Add Institution List below the field +Add Institutions in the Academics & Extracurriculars section, then select the preferred institution list(s).
3. Edit the remaining details as desired, then click the blue button Save Segment in the upper-right corner of the page.